Egg holder and carrier.



J. M. HARR.

EGG HOLDER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED ocT.12. 19m.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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I. IVI. HARR.

EGG HOLDER AND CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. l2, 1914.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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EGG HoLnnnA'ivn certaine.

l Specification of Letters vPatent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed October 12, 1914.y Serial No. 866,373.

i VTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J Essie M. Hann, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Washington, inthe District of Columbia, have made anImproved Egg Holder and Carrier, of which the following isyaspecitication.

The. chief object of my invention is` to A secure greater safety foreggs in shipping, rough handling, and storage, by means which may becheaply produced.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts areas hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,in which- Figure l is a vertical section of a portion of my egg-holderand -carr1er, eggsbemg shown supported therein. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofan egg tray forming the chief feature of my invention. Fig. 3 isaperspective view of such egg tray, together with anged cover, the twobeingassociated. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the egg tray and portion ofthe view illustrating the arrangement of vcuts or slits for producingopenings for receiving the bases ofl the eggs. Fig. 5 is `an enlargeddetail sectio-n of a portion of the egg tray.

`My egg holder and carrier lis composed of three principal parts, whichare indicated by letters A, A', and B. The part A serves as a baseholder or support for eggs, and the top or vinverted part A is duplicatein structure and serves as a holder or spacer for the tops of the eggs,while B is a flanged cover.. The base portion or egg tray A isillustrated in plan view in Figs. 2 and 4:, and in perspective in Fig.8, and a description thereof will suffice for both it and the top holderA', since they are duplicates. Each is formed from a sheet of pasteboardof the requisite thickness and provided with a vertical rim flange 1.

The openings for the base o-f the eggs are formed in the tray A byslitting the same on crossed lines 2, as shown in the lefthand side ofFig. 4, and also by curved slits 3, which intersect the straight slits2. Taperor triangular tongues 4e are thus formed, the same beingsubstantially triangular in shape, and these, when bent into verticalposition, as shown in Fig. l, form props or stays for the body orhorizontal portion of the tray by reason of of said props resting on abase. Such base dis- Y the points f may be a paste-board sheet yor thebottom 'of a box; or it maybe the top of one of the covers B, as will beunderstood by reference `to Fig. l, where eggs are arranged in a seriesof tiers.

As illustrated best in Fig. Ll, each ofthe tongues or props is providedwith a protuberance or swell 5 inv its'inner or upper side contiguous tothe hinge of said tongues, which bulge may be produced by embossing,

or in any othersuitablemanner. When' an 'egg is placed in position onthe tray A,

its base comes in contact with these protuberances 5, and thus bends thetongues 4c downward from the position in the lefthand side of Fig. 4into the vertical posi- Ationwshown inright-hand portion ofsuch ligure.It is apparentthat, by Vproviding the tray A, A', with vertical tonguesform-V ing pro-ps, as stated, the body ofthe tray may be made yofthinner material than would be otherwise practicable.

Eachfof the curved slits 3, before referred to, serves toy forni arounded projection (i at the corner of each opening,- as-will bevunderstood by reference to Figs. 2,V 3, 4. Thus, when an egg 1s placed1n an'openmg in the tray, 1t has a bearing at eight points,

and spaces are provided between the severall points ofy bearing throughwhich air circulates freely. The paste-board forming the tray is crimpedatthe edges of the openings where the tongues or propsl are turned down,thereby forming a rounded shoulder 7, as will be understood bv'referenceto Figs'. 1 and '5. The shoulder` 7 thus'jproduced fo-rms, as it were, acushion support for an `egg,and the crinuoing strengthens the thinmaterial o-f the tray so that eggs are supported without danger ofbreaking down the parts on which they rest.

The bulges or projections 6 formed at the corners of the openings in thetray not only serve as bearing points and supports for the eggs, butstrengthen the paste-board sheet at the corners, which/is a feature ofsome importance. Thus, by crimping the paste-board sheet adjacent to thebases of the tongues and props 4, rounded cushions or shoulders areprovided and the rounded corner portions 6 aid in strengthening the trayand holder and holds the eggs in up'- right position, while providingsuiicient ventilation. By providing a `support for the eggs, when thetop holder A is removed for unpacking, the eggs are prevented fromfallingv against each other and becoming broken.

It will be understood Vfrom the foregoing description that the eggs aresupported entirely by the tray or base part A, and that the top part Ahas the same construction as A, but'is in invertedpo'sition and servesor-` dinarily merely as a top holder for the eggs. 1f, however, theentire egg holder and carrier be inverted, of course part AV and Ainterchange functions, the part A then becoming the egg support and thepart or tray A becoming merely a top holder for the eggs. In other wordsit will be understood that the entire egg holder and carrier may be used'either side up. As shown in Fig. l, props 4 ot' the tray or base part Arest upon the cover B, which is next below; but, as before intimated, inplace of this cover, the tray may rest Vdirectly upon a paste-boardsheet. Thus the cover B whose vertical rim ffianges are shown in Fig. lresting upon the tray A, serves as a hori/Lontal partition between eachtopholder A and the tray neigt above'it.

It is contemplated making the tray A and ,holder A of a size adapted tohold three dozen eggs; in other words, there will be siX openings oneach side of the rectangular ing openings and provided at the edgesoit'y said openings with integral tongues which, when adjustedvertically, constitute props for the body of the sheet, the edges of theAprojections 6 which are located at the coryners of the openings andserve as points of bearing for an egg in the openings. l

3. An egg holder and -carrier comprising when placed in position Y abase support and top holder which are duplicated in construction, eachbeing formed of a sheet of thin material provided with openings forreceiving the end portions of eggs, and with flexible integral tonguesprojecting from the edges of the openings, which, when in verticalposition, serve as props and stays, and a cover provided with pendentflanges at the edge, said cover being placed over the top egg-holder andits top resting thereon out of Contact with the eggs, while its flangesrest on the bottom of the base support, asshown and described.

el. In an egg holder and carrier, the coinbination with horizontalparallel division plates, of an egg support arranged on the bottomdivision plate, and an inverted holder arranged adjacent to the upperdivision plate, both the said support and holder` having openings, andtongues projecting from the edges of such openings downward and upward,the same constituting egg supports and their ends abutting the divisionplates below and above, as described.

. Jesse M. Hana.

- Vitnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, AMos W. HART.

l Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

